Clasping device for bags, portfolios, envelopes, and the like



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Patented Sept. 25, 1945 CLASPING DEVICE FOR BAGS, PORTFOLIOS,

- ENVELOPES, AND THE LIKE Jean Isaac Leopold Israel, Rio de J aneiro,Brazil Application February 29, 1944, Serial No. 524,420

In Brazil October 15, 1943 1 Claim. (Cl. 229 77) This invention relatesto a new clasping device for bags, purses, brief cases, portfolios,folders or like containers, characterized by its simplicity andadaptability to the flap of any container, whether made of paper,cardboard, wood, leather, or any other material.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, whichshows the device as applied to a portfolio made of cardboard or similarmaterial.

Figure I shows the new clasping device in accordance with the invention,closing the portfolio, and

Figure II illustrates the component parts of the clasping device as setin the flap and body of the portfolio, which is shown open.

As shown in the drawing, the new clasping device for bags, purses, briefcases, portfolios or folders, as applied by way of example to aportfolio consisting of a container or folder I and a flap 2, comprisesessentially: two clips 3 made of metal or other material, bent downwardas shown in 4, fastened on to the front of the body of the portfolio I;two openings 5 in the.

fiap 2 at such height as to allow the free passage of the clips 3 whenthe flap 2 is folded over the body I for the purpose of closing'theportfolio (Figure I); two small metal or like plates 6 set horizontallyand having a constriction in the centre forming a neck or loop 1, theseplates 6 being fixed on to the inside of the flap 2, as shown in FigureII; and finally, a strip of 8138-. tic or other material 8 (Figure I),extended along the outside of the flap 2 the ends of which are doubledover and pass through apertures in the flap (not shown in the drawing),entering the neck or loop 1 of the plates 6, as shown in 9, whereby thestrip is fastened and made taut, and thus fixing the plates 6 on to theinside surface of the flap 2 (Figure II). The ends of the elastic orlike strip may also be fastened by any other convenient means orarrangement.

Operation In order to fasten the bag, portfolio, folder or likecontainer, the flap 2 is folded over the body I, whereby the clips 3enter the openings 5, the curved portions 4 thus jutting out through theopenings 5. The strip 8 is then pulled down and passed under the clips3, as represented in Figure I.

It will be understood that the present inventhe same, at least two openhooks secured spaced apart from each other to that portion of said flatfront face of said container which is covered by said flat closing flapwhen the same is in closing position folded over said front face of saidcontainer, at least two openings in said flat closing flap correspondingto said open hooks on said front face of said container so that the sameproject through said openings when said flat closing. flap is foldedover said flat front face and thus closes said container, and an elasticstrip member firmly secured at both ends to the outer face of said flapin such a manner as to engage said open hooks projecting through saidopenings in said flat closing flap and to prevent disengagement of thesame from said openings and said flat closing flap in which the same areprovided, when said container is'closed by said fiat closing flap withsaid open hooks passing through said openings in said fiat closing flapand engaging said elastic strip member.

JEAN ISAAC LEOPOLD ISRAEL,

